beggar

noun

1. 乞丐；叫花子
   a person who lives by asking people for money or food
2. （与形容词连用）家伙
   used with an adjective to describe sb in a particular way
   1. Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
      你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗？

verb

1. 使贫穷；使匮乏
   to make sb/sth very poor
   1. Why should I beggar myself for you?
      我为什么要为你受穷？

1. 乞丐；叫花子
   A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food.
2. VERB 使极度贫穷；使一贫如洗
   If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor.
   1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
      他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。
3. PHRASE 无法，难以（相信、描述、形容等）
   If something beggars belief, it is impossible to believe it. If something beggars description, it is impossible to describe it.
   1. The statistics beggar belief...
      统计数据让人难以置信。
   2. His courage beggars description.
      他的胆量无法用语言来形容。

1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
   他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。
2. The statistics beggar belief
   统计数据让人难以置信。
3. His courage beggars description.
   他的胆量无法用语言来形容。
4. He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.
   他确确实实是个老奸巨猾的家伙。
5. He tossed a penny to the beggar.
   他丢给乞丐一便士。
6. This degraded him into a beggar.
   这使他沦为乞丐。
7. The beggar was half-dead from hunger.
   那个乞丐已饿得半死。
8. And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the gold to the beggar.
   法官说完之后，就把钱包和所有的金币都判给了乞丐。
9. The dying man looked at the beggar, smiled weakly and left us forever*.
   奄奄一息的歌手看了看乞丐，虚弱地笑了笑，永远地离开了我们。
10. The shop owner turned off the old beggar.
    店主赶走了老乞丐。
11. Ulysses in his beggar's rags rose from his seat.
    尤利西斯穿着他那当乞丐时穿的破烂衣服，从座位上站了起来。
12. But he gave it to the beggar once more.
    但是他又把金子给了那个乞丐。
13. You would marry this beggar?
    你会和这个乞丐结婚吗？
14. I gave the beggar some money out of pity.
    出于同情，我给了乞丐一点钱。
15. The beggar, also in disguise cadges, have a beggar's mood.
    那些伪装的乞丐，也在乞讨的时候，具备了乞丐的心情。
16. I can't stand the life here. I'm like a beggar! My boss is a beast.
    我忍受不了这里的生活。我简直像个乞丐！我的老板不是人。
17. This is a beggar sent it?
    这是打发叫花子吗？
18. I hear that little beggar of mine let fly at you with his catapult yesterday.
    我听见昨天我那个小家伙用弹弓射你了。
19. You're no beggar, my love. you're a conqueror.
    亲爱的，你不是乞丐你是个征服者。
20. I pull her to pay, when, suddenly, I was reminded of the outside of the beggar.
    在我拉妈妈去付钱时，突然，我想起了外面的叫花子。
21. A crook can tell the same sob story as the most desperate beggar.
    一个骗子讲述的故事可以和最绝望的乞丐一样催人泪下的故事。
22. One day he met a beggar, so he gave his last few coins to him.
    一天，他遇到了一个乞丐，于是他掏出他最后的几枚硬币给了他。
23. He caught a glimpse of the beggar and walked on.
    ta他看了一眼那乞丐，又走了。
24. He became a beggar because he had been a gambler.
    他成了乞丐因为他爱赌博。
25. The beggar told her such a moving story that she almost wept.
    乞丐讲述了一个几乎令她流泪的动人的故事。
26. I gave the beggar a handful of rice.
    我给了乞丐一把米。
27. Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.
    做乞丐和单身汉好过女皇和已婚的人。
28. You Gypsy beggar! You can't have mine!
    你这个吉普赛人乞丐！你不能抢我的！
29. Out of sympathy with the beggar, I gave him one yuan.
    出于对乞丐的同情，我给了他一元钱。
30. I'm the beggar, moses, begging you to hold me in your arms.
    我才是乞丐求你把我抱在怀内。

n.

beggars can't be choosers

• 要饭就不能嫌馊；给什么就得要什么
  people say beggars can't be choosers when there is no choice and sb must be satisfied with what is available

if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride

• 想有不见得就有；愿望不等于事实
  wishing for sth does not make it happen

v.

beggar belief/description

• 难以相信；无法形容
  to be too extreme, shocking, etc. to believe/describe
  1. It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.
     真是难以置信，情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。

noun

1. a pauper who lives by begging

   Synonym:    mendicant

verb

1. reduce to beggary

   Synonym:    pauperizepauperise

2. be beyond the resources of
   1. This beggars description!